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| organizational architecture |
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| the organizational structure, control systems, culture, and human resources management systems that together determine how efficiently and effectively organizational resources are used |
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| a formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates organizational members so that they work together to achive organizational goals |
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| the process by which managers make specific organizaing choices that result in a particular kind of organizational structure |
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| the process by which managers decide how to divide tasks into specific jobs |
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| the process of reducing the number of tasks that each worker performs |
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| increasing the number of different tasks in a given job by changing the dividion of labor |
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| increasing the degree of responsibility a worker has over his or her job |
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| an organizational structure composed of all the departments that an organization requires to produce its goods or services |
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| an organizational structure composed of separate business units within which are the functions that work together to produce a specific product for a specific customer |
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| an organizational structure in which each product line or business is handled by a self contained division |
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| an organiational structure in which each region of a country or area of the world is served by a self-contained division |
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| an organizational structure in which each kind of customer is served by a self-contained division; also called customer structure |
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| an organizational structure that simultaneously groups people and resources by function and by product |
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| an organizational structure in which employees are permanently assigned to a cross-functional team and report only to the product team manager or to one of his r her direct subordinates |
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| a group of managers brought together from different departments to perfom organizational tasks |
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| the structure of a large organzation that has many divisions and simultaneously uses many different organizational structures |
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| the power to hold people accountable for their actions and to make decisions concerning the use of organizational resources |
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| an organization's chain of command, specifying the relative authority of each manager |
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| the nmber of subordinates who report directly to a manager |
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| someone in the direct line or chain of command who has formal authority over people and resources at lower levels |
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| someone responsible for managing a specialist function, such as finance or marketing |
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| giving lower-level managers and nonmanagerial employees the right to make important decisions about how to use organizational resources |
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| organizing tools hat managgers can use to increase communication and coordination among functions and divisions |
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| a committee o managers from barious functions or divisions who meet to solve a specific, utual problem; also called ad hoc committee |
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| the moral values,believs, and rules that establish the appropriate way for an organization and its members to deal with each other and with people outside the organization |
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